Key Takeaways
- The Chairperson of Svenska Spel, Anitra Steen, has given an interview where she staunchly defends the non-profit monopoly gaming provider system in Sweden. The interview came following a complaint to the EU Commission which was made by the Newspaper Publishers Association (TU) in December.
- The national newspaper proprietors have had a long battle with the government —and so far the government has lost.
- This has caused angry comments in Svenska Spel’s annual reports and commitments to take action from government ministers.
- The most recent plans to change the law have been delayed for two years while research is carried out in other national jurisdictions.
Svenska Spel Chairwoman Anitra Steen has given an interview where she staunchly defends the non-profit monopoly gaming provider system in Sweden. The interview came following a complaint to the EU Commission which was made by the Swedish Newspaper Publishers’ Association Tidningsutgivarna (TU) in December.
